Mallet



' (No Model.)

E.v LBMRY.- MALLET,

No. 29mm. Patented Jan. 22, 18,34.

' UNITED STATES PATENT, FFICFE.'

EDVARD LEMRY, OF PLATTSBURG, NEW YORK.

MALLET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pimmv Nol 292,327, dared January 22, 1884.

Application led May 18, 1853. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD LEMRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plattsburg, in the county of Clinton and State of- New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mallets, of which the'following is a specification y My-invention relates to improvements in .wooden mallets surrounded with a metallic case or shell, in which weight and strength are attained without the usual bulk and size of ordinary inallets, and at the same time being durable, simple, and inexpensive in their construction. I obtain these objects by producing a cast or wrought metal shell or case of any desired size, opened at both ends, and having apertures in the two opposite sides for the introduction ofthe handle. lie case or shell is inserteda solid wooden block of wellseasoned and'durable wood, closely fitted to the metallic case, and of -such corresponding size to ytheshell that when inserted into the shell will project beyond either end as much or little as desired. A Alateral aperture in this block of wood corresponds with the apertures in the metallic case or shell, so that when inserted into the case the handle may be readily inserted into both the case and block. This handle, when inserted through the metallic and wooden portions'of the mallet, causes them to be held ii-rmly together, and prevents the block of wood from being driven out of its case or shell. Whenever it is desired to replace the wooden block, it can 35 be readily accomplished by driving out the In this metalhandle, which leaves the block free to be driven from its case and a new block substituted.

Figure l is a face view of the mallet. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the mallet, showing the relative positions of the metallic case,block of wood, and handle. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the metallic case or shell. tional view of the block of wood.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through out the several views.

Intol a metallic case or shell A, made of any desired cast or wrought metal, which in its forni may be round or square, is inserted through the opening E a block of wood, B, made with an aperture, D, and so as to-closely t the opening E of the metallic case. The block B is fitted in the case or shell until the aperture D of the block B is brought into jux taposition with the apertures a a of the case A, when the handle Ccan be inserted, as shown in Fig. 2, the handle G thus forming a key' to the two parts of the mallet-head A and B.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, in a wooden and metallic inallet, of a wrought or cast metallic case or shell with a close fitting wooden block projecting in and through such case or shell, the inserted handle of which forms the key, substan-l tially as described and set forth.

EDWARD LEMRY.

Vitnesses: v

R. A. DUTTON, F. F. HATHAWAY.

Fig. 4 is a sec- Y 

